Thanks everyone for the great feedback. And if you haven't already, you should all check out Eric Orchard's piece for the Totoro project. (I'm jealous, I found out about the project after it was already finished.) He did a great piece for it that made it into the forthcoming Society of Illustrators annual. check it out at http://ericorchard.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-made-it-intothe-society-of.html

Have you thought about submitting some of these to the folks working on filming the hobbit? I remember looking through every Tolkien illustrator I could get a hold of while the movies were in the works. It was clear that Lee and Howe were the best, with Nasmith struggling behind, and a host of others off in the distance. Your vision can definitely hack it with those three - these really are THAT good.